devolve

🇺🇸 /dɪˈvɑːlv/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˈvɒlv/
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verb
R

To give control or tasks to someone else or a lower level.

The company decided to devolve more decision-making to its employees.

会社は、より多くの意思決定を従業員に委譲することを決めた。

R

To get worse or lose quality over time.

The quality of the product started to devolve after the change in management.

経営陣の変更後、製品の品質は低下し始めた。

R

In biology, to become simpler over time through evolution.

Some scientists believe that certain organisms have devolved to a simpler form.

一部の科学者たちは、特定の生物がより単純な形に退化していると考えています。

translation

v. 委譲, 退歩, 簡素化

語形変化

3rd Present devolves
Past devolved
Perfect devolved
Progressive devolving